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Canada hasn't done enough to stop exploitation of foreign workers: Amnesty
- Amnesty International released a report on May 15, 2025, stating Canada has not done enough to stop exploitation of temporary foreign workers tied to one employer by visa restrictions.
- This exploitation stems from a temporary foreign workers program created in the 1970s that has not undergone systemic reform despite decades of reported abuses and government awareness.
- The report describes these workers living in overcrowded housing, facing unsafe work conditions, emotional abuse, and lacking freedom to change employers, which increases vulnerability to exploitation.
- Ketty Nivyabandi noted that although the program was intended as a short-term fix, it is being applied to an ongoing issue, as evidenced by the doubling of temporary foreign workers over the past five years.
- The report calls on Canada to issue open work permits allowing job mobility to enhance human rights protections, though the government cites ongoing litigation and has made only piecemeal reforms so far.
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Canada hasn't done enough to stop exploitation of foreign workers: Amnesty
A representative for Amnesty International Canada says the country isn’t doing enough to stop the exploitation of temporary foreign workers brought in on visas that keep them tied to one employer.
Canada hasn't done enough to stop exploitation of foreign workers: Amnesty - Talent Canada
By Ashley Joannou A representative for Amnesty International Canada says the country isn’t doing enough to stop the exploitation of temporary foreign workers brought in on visas that keep them tied to one employer. Ketty Nivyabandi, the group’s English section secretary-general, told an event hosted by British Columbia’s human rights commissioner Thursday that being at the mercy of one employer allows migrant workers to be exploited to live in o…
Canada Would Not Do Enough Against the Exploitation of Foreign Workers - Canada French
A representative of Amnesty International Canada said that the country was not doing enough to stop the exploitation of temporary foreign workers admitted with visas that linked them to a single employer. Ketty Nivyabandi, secretary general of the organization's English-speaking section, said on Thursday, at an event organized by the British Columbia Human Rights Commissioner, that being at the mercy of a single employer allows migrant workers t…
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